“Hark, now hear the sailors cry,
Smell the sea and feel the sky.
Let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic.”
Into the Mystic
Song lyrics, Moondance (1970)
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Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician 1945Related quotes
“Now that I have you thoroughly confused, let me pause to hear your own dismayed cry.”
Ray Bradbury book Zen in the Art of Writing
Source: Zen in the Art of Writing
Pope John Paul II (1920–2005) 264th Pope of the Catholic Church, saint
I wołam, ja, syn polskiej ziemi, a zarazem ja: Jan Paweł II papież, wołam z całej głębi tego tysiąclecia, wołam w przeddzień święta Zesłania, wołam wraz z wami wszystkimi: Niech zstąpi Duch Twój! Niech zstąpi Duch Twój! I odnowi oblicze ziemi. Tej ziemi! <br class="br">the Polish word ziemi means both "earth" and "land"; on the former utterance, it refers to the entire planet, on the latter – to Poland. <br class="br">Homily during the Holy Mass in Victory Square in Warsaw on 2 June 1979, during the pope's first apostolic journey to Poland <br class="br">Source: Libreria Editrice Vaticana http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/homilies/1979/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_19790602_polonia-varsavia_en.html
“Sky, not spirit, do they change, those who cross the sea.”
Caelum, non animum mutant, qui trans mare currunt.
Book I, epistle xi, line 27
Epistles (c. 20 BC and 14 BC)
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
Source: Ariel: The Restored Edition
“Let us cry, "All good things
Are ours, nor soul helps flesh more, now, than flesh helps soul!"”
Robert Browning Rabbi ben Ezra
Source: Dramatis Personae (1864), Rabbi Ben Ezra, Line 70.
